live apart; Mitya is chained to Podolsk. He writes me nothing in reply to my questions about how he will have to fulfill his military service—in the ranks or as a medical orderly? Are there any reports about his case, when approximately it will end and what the outcome will be, or nothing at all? How is Mark's health? Is he bored alone in Moscow or is he swamped with work at his job and evening lectures (is he even giving them?) 107.

We have no news here. The only thing that has changed is my entertainment: with the approach of winter, instead of hunting I have taken up skating; I remembered the old days, and it turned out that I haven't forgotten how, although I haven't skated for about ten years now. Nadya also wants to learn—I don't know whether she'll succeed.

Greetings to everyone. I embrace you warmly. Your V. U.

To Anyuta

I forgot to write you with the last post that I received *Neue Zeit* back then. I received a bill from A. M. Kalmykova yesterday. A debt of about eight rubles has accumulated on my account, and I keep on and keep on subscribing. I am puzzled as to why there is still no honorarium for the translation that was sent to SPb. on August 15! If the honorarium comes, please send 50 rubles to the book warehouse, but if it doesn't come by the time you receive this letter, then I don't know what to do. If possible, it would be good to send at least ten rubles to the warehouse; regarding the honorarium for the translation, I was told that it will be paid in any case (and there shouldn't be any censorship obstacles)—so the question is only one of timing.

I wrote you last time and asked you to send my books to various acquaintances, but I forgot that you don't know their addresses 108. I myself don't know the Arkhangelsk addresses. Today I'm writing on the off-chance to M. E. Grigorev* at that sawmill where he works. It seems you have correspondence with Arkhangelsk: wouldn't it be better then if you sent [the books] through your acquaintances there for delivery? If that's not possible,

* The letter has not been preserved. Editor.

then we'll postpone it until we get an address. Lalayantsʹ address: city of Voronezh, corner of Bogoslovskaya and Kruty Lane, house no. 11, Is. Khristof. Lalayantsu. One ought also to send a copy to the Samaritan who writes for *Nauchnoe Obozrenie* 109. He is in SPb., but I don't know his address.

Am I not burdening you too much with commissions?

Wolf is announcing some kind of library of French classics at 10 kopecks a volume. Have you seen what sort of editions these are?

Your V. U.

I read with surprise about the publication of Labriola in Russian! I can imagine in what a mangled form!

Was it you who translated Labriola?

In the *Frankfurter Zeitung* 109 I read a very interesting report on the Stuttgart *Parteitag* 110. We're thinking of subscribing to this newspaper for next year. Do you read any foreign newspaper?

to Podolsk

in the journal

Sent from the village of Shushenskoye

First published in 1929

*Proletarskaya Revolyutsiya* No. 5

Printed from the manuscript